NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Saturday, November 26, 1853.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 868, 26 November 1853, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Saturday, November 26, 1853.

The files of the Nelson Examiner received by the Rapid contain , a report of the address of the Superintendent of Nelson to the Council of that Province at the commencement of the session, on the 3rd inst., which will be found in our. present number. The address lias Jbeen somewhat severely criticised by Dr. Monro for its condescending and patronizing tone, and he objected (not hypercritically we think) that the Superintendent should have delivered it in a sitting posture, in imitation of royalty, seeiri g-that the Governor, the representative, of Royalty in the colony, stlwayp rises to address his Legislative Council. - These may be considered trifles by some—mere' straws — but they,. serve, to : . shew which- : way the wins blows; the pretension assumed- by some of the , Superintendents ancl their supporters, though possibly intended by them^> to magnify their office, cannot but make the judicious grieve as having a tendency, directly opposite, and ajs being calculated to throw an air of ridicule over their proceedings, haye. not been without some indications of a similar spirit* here. In the Council of this Province, one member has- announced that his Honor , fi has bees graciously pleased to confirm his appointment," whil^ another, no w^. the Superintendent's legal adviser, has talked , of "the commencement of his Honor's reign /" A faithful and efficient discharge of ; its duties; arid- not a false, and exag-, gerated notion of its'impo'rtaneej ( will l! be. . the best mode, in -the opinion of all rea- . sonatjle persons, of maintaining" "the , nity of the office.- ,; The address. of the Nelson, Suipermien,- \ dent "is of considerable' length} and-des-cribes the "flourishing state~ of the Province. Tfye^e&pptits of Prqyi^ce^ for | the nine months ending 30th September ■of I *, this year, considerably exceed '. those fppr,t^ie same period of the past year, the Customs revenue for^the nin.e x mor^tifs of this.year is more than the rev&irue- of the whole previous .year. The land revenue for the ten months ending 31st. October aniQunts. ..to J&&M1, ajfti of this sum 'j£20 912& 9 12& has*- been received 1 for the.pur-;, shase of suburban arid" rural land. All jthese factsare the strbngest'testiniony to jthe, wise, and Ijugicipus ' aclministratipji of, ithe t Government. hy> Sir/. Gteorge. Grey! < 'The unvarying language of congratulation ,

used by the Superintendents of the respective Provinces in describing the tbe prosperous state of the country, aild the growing development of its resoufces, record in the most indisputable manner the condition to Which His, Excellency* measures have raised the colony. The most remarkable feature is' the -large amount of revenue from the sales of land since the reduction in price under the New Regulations. In each of the Provinces of Auckland, Wellington, and Nelson, the land reveniie during, the present year is something considerable. It should alsb be remembered that while during the last years of the existence of the New Zealand Company, the cost of management (including v salary of *ICCO a yeat to their Agent) was ruinously expensive, there were absolutely no sales of land. The sales mow- made are to hondjide settlers, not to absentees, and therefore are, among other signs, a fair criterion of the progress of the, colony,, and of the increasing occupation of country lands by settlers. The Nelsou Superintendent seems to have expressed a similar opinion, as to the appropriation pf the Revenue, to that cf the Superintendent at Canterbury which we discussed on "Wednesday, and stated his intention of not submitting to the Council, except at their request, any Bill fpr appropriating the revenue. But the Council speedily settled the question by agreeing, unanimously it would seem, to a resolution moved by Dr. , Monro to the effect, that the Estimates should be prepared and submitted to the Council with the least possible delay. • Mr. Sinclair has been elected Speaker, and Mr. G. White Clerk, of the Nelson Provincial Council. , ' ,_

In the account given' in' our last' number of the fatal accident by which Mr. Fowler was unfortunately killed, we were misinformed in" some of the particulars. The accident-did not take place at" Kaiworra, hut at the Huft, about two hundred' yards on this side Mr. Percy's 1 mill. Mrs. Fowler was in the 'cart at the time, ] and was thrown out and received a severe , sprain of the ancle. An Inquest was held onj the body and a \e'rdiet &f ■" Accidental death " returned.

The Hushcmy, on her way to Port Cooper, put 1 into this Port on Thursday ; through the "kind- \ ness of Captain Ross we have received Sydney ' papers to the Bth November, containing EngIlsh news hy the Great Brituin to the 10th August. The affairs of Turkey were still in j an unsettled state, and the question of peace ; or war with Prussia still remained undecided.^ The Sydney Herald makes the important announcement of the seizure of New Caledonia ' by the French, who intend to found there a penal Settlement. Sir Everard Home, the senior naval officer on the Australian station, died November 1 at Sydney, and was buried with thehonors due to his rank.'

"We learn from Wanganui that Capt. Daniell has been elected to the seat' in the Provincial" Council vacant by, the resignation of Mr. Har- ~ rison', in the absence of any opposition: Politics appear to be quite at a discount in that thriving ' settlement, 1 ' no resident "settler 'feeling sufficient interest ia .the matter to offer himself^s a -candidate. Hae land' sales went off with great spirit ; cultivation is snaking*' great progress-, and the settlement is 'exhibiting every symptom' of going a-head rapidly.

On Wednesday -last Mr. Brandon was re-elect-ed for the.Couiitty District without opposition. So little int^st was Exhibited that including the candidate, -his mover and seconder, and the Returning Officer, there were not more than' eight persons present. £he whole affair was over in' five 'minutes. • • :